the fire started around six last night at illinois beach state park in zion. crews from dozens of police and fire departments had it under control by ten, but they are still on the scene ... which is about 18 blocks long and two blocks wide. no structures are in danger, and no injuries have been reported. some trains have been delayed. a house was destroyed by a fire that started when a propane gas grill tank exploded. this happened in northwest suburban crystal lake, near the fox river, yesterday. no one was home. firefighters kept the flames from spreading to other homes. a piece of the propane tank was found in a neighbor's yard. chicago police issued a community alert after a man tried to solicit sex from a 14- year-old boy. it happened in the 49-hundred block of west fullerton, around nine monday night. police say the boy was walking, when a man came up to him and asked for sexual relations. the boy was able to run away. a church employee in cicero is jailed on more than two million dollars bond, after being charged with sexually abusing at least six boys

it is a beach is beautiful is one as you can get anywhere in the world. i'm standing here on the edge of the state park at the beach. about 1700-acre park. i think that beaches overall miles long and it's taken care of and managed by the state park system. not affiliated with any kind of national park or wildlife refuge. the gulf of mexico is different from any other body of water. if you go off of montauk, it's deep almost instantly. here in the gulf of mexico to get to 100 feet of water come you have to go 40 miles. it is so shallow and in that shallow pan, that is where all the shelves collapse. and so when the storms turn out like they did this past weekend, the shelves break free and the animal inside guys and they wash up on the beaches here. and you can find two to 300 different varieties. the reason i included this in a nature guide to southwest florida is because it offers a multitude of recreational opportunities. you have the beach, which is a given and it is gorgeous. you also have all of these canoe trails and how bored trails. and you have hiking trails as well. so whatever kind of nature

golden gate park and beach la have fabulous san francisco treasurers as is ocean beach a national treasure we bring the kids to golden gate park and beach la to practice during united states week no matter where you are in the city you can play on the fields and enjoy all of la it's crucial for the kids of san francisco they enjoy this great place and they do is through youth soccer. i i urge you to purchase this turf so kids can have the reap to stay in the city thank you very much >> thank you. >> next speaker >> hi i take it me again, it's the same subject i apologize. i was told i could make general comments. >> you're fine go ahead. >> when i began reaching this about the toxic turf because i was curious people railroad were saying things what is unfortunate everybody is looking at us this is now a a national issue. i see on our children's plagued i would certainly be happy to volunteer but i talked to carl and worked for the city and the vikings are doing a great job but kids in bayview how does that tie into soccer the epa has withdrawn their approval of the substance we're putting in the message i want to share as the greenest city in the country there are issues

here we will go to the beach it is as beautiful as you can get. i iman the edge of this state park 1700 acres it is several miles long. managed by the state park system so it is not affiliated with the national park or wildlife refuge. but it is different from almost any other body of water if you go off long island to new york it is deep almost instantly bet on the gulf of mexico 100 feet of water you have to go 40 miles it is so shallow. that is where all the shells:act. we have thousands of species and when the storm stirred up like this weekend the storm -- the shell breaks free and the animal dies then you will find all kinds of varieties of shells. the reason i included lovers he is because it offers a multitude of recreational opportunities. to the beach is the given and it is gorgeous with the paddle boats trails and boating access and hiking trails. whenever nature appeals to you, you can find it here on lovers key and hopefully it will teach about southwest florida and want them to conserve it. . .

they go down to the beach lovers key and his beautiful is one you can get anywhere in the world. i'm standing here on the edge of lovers key state parkbout 1700 acres. the beach is seven miles long and it is not affiliated with a national park. it is different from the body of water. if you go back off of montauk like long island, new york, it is almost instantly. here in the gulf of mexico to get to 100 feet of water, you have to go 40 miles. it is so shallow and in a shallow pan, that is for all the shells collect. we have thousands of species of shells right out here. when the storms churn up like they did this past weekend, the shells breaks three. the animal inside dies in a washed up on the beaches here. you can find here probably 200, 300 varieties of shells. the reason i included lovers key and a living costco's in southwest florida is because a multitude of recreational opportunities. you've got the beach, which is a given and it's gorgeous. you've also got all this kayak and canoe trails. you've got boating access and the boating ramp and hiking trails. whatever nature that appeals to you on a given day, you can find it her

however the lease does not state how the deduction should be calculated. and neither beach chalet or rec and park could provide for this reduction. rec and park expected to have completed the implemented database percentage for the water usage credit by the end of last month. we will check back in on the status of what the percentage should actually be. and the lease does not state that beach chalet with deduct janitorial expenses for its rent. on an average they are deducting $236 per month. in our six-month period that we test in the audit. if the test results are accurate, it would be $26,000, we have asked rec and park to further investigate this process. and determine if there are any additional funds owed by the end of the calendar year from rec and park to beach chalet. and i want to highlight our audit of human services agency, $19 million contract with guards mart to provide security at the

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